Roberta Lee Burkenheim passed away peacefully on Jan. 8. She was 66 years old. Roberta (Robbie) was the second of seven children of Jay and Dale Drayman of La Crescenta. Born in Maryland, at age 4 she accompanied her father on a cross-country California road trip in search of a new family homestead. The Draymans […]
Ray Sierra, aka “Frenchy,” 86, was a long time Montrose business owner and resident who passed away peacefully in his home on Jan. 18. A veteran of the Korean War and World War II, he was a highly decorated paratrooper in the 101st airborne division serving on Bastogne and D-Day. He was a loving father, […]
May 4, 1938 – Jan. 5, 2012 Caryl Bud Warner lost his battle with cancer on Jan. 5. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, June, his six children, Jana Arnds, Cheryl Stelling, Caryl Warner, Jr., Julie Warner, Jeffrey Warner and Christopher Warner, his 12 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Bud was born May […]
July 24, 1948 – Dec. 19, 2011 David A. Prescott passed away on Dec. 19. He was the father of Tina S. Crossland, the grandfather of three boys, RJ, Nicolas and Tyler. He also was the brother to Peter C. Prescott, Stephen W. Prescott and Jill A. Taylor. He was a machinist for 43 […]
Born in Albuquerque, N.M., Bill Johnson was the oldest of four children and the last surviving child born to his parents. He moved to Flagstaff, Ariz. while attending high school and began working as a bell boy at the El Tovar Hotel. He began a professional career as a surveyor for the A.T. & S.F. […]
July 24, 1948 – Dec. 9, 2011 David A. Prescott passed away on Dec. 9. He was the father of Tina S. Crossland, the grandfather of three boys, RJ, Nicolas and Tyler. He also was the brother to Peter C. Prescott, Stephen W. Prescott and Jill A. Taylor. He was a machinist for 43 years […]
There is a tree that grows inside of me. Yes, a tree. And a bird is in the tree. When the bird sings, people think of me . . . February 22, 1925 – November 29, 2011 Betty Elizabeth Myers, 86, from La Crescenta died of cancer at her home on Wednesday, Nov. 29. Betty […]
Long-time resident in the Crescenta Valley, Philip Laing passed away on Saturday, Dec. 3. Phil was a JPL engineer from 1967 to 1984. After that, he worked as an engineer at the Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, Calif. Phil was born in Olympia, Wash. in 1943. He is survived by his wife Barbara Laing and […]
Margaret Crippen Wurtz passed away peacefully at home with her pets on her lap surrounded by loved ones. She was 98 years old. She is survived by her son Bill and his family, wife Cindy, grandchildren Kristina and Patrick, and their mother Theresa Wurtz, and by her son Brian and his family, wife Kim, and […]
June 13, 1919 – Nov. 6, 2011 Marie McFadden, born June 13, 1919, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend to many, went to be with the Lord on Nov. 6. Marie was born in Knowlton, Wis., the daughter of Frank and Celia Root. She touched the lives of many with her abundant life as […]